pudding stone

noun

, British Geology.

1. conglomerate ( def 3 ).

pudding stone

noun

1. a conglomerate rock in which there is a difference in colour or composition between the pebbles and the matrix

Word History and Origins

Origin of pudding stone¹

First recorded in 1745–55

Example Sentences

They determined the boulder to be a large block of conglomerate, also known as pudding stone.

From BBC

In other sections they are mixed with limestones and dolomites of the upper carboniferous age mingled with slate, sandstone and pudding stone.

From Project Gutenberg

When the sun had shone upon it many days and dried and hardened it, people called it pudding stone.

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Entirely pudding stone, chiefly calcarious, some small parts of quartz, red granite, & flint only to be found.

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Here the stream had widened out and was very shallow, great rough masses of pudding stone being laid on the bed to let wayfarers pass over dry-shod.

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